Life at the Top

Chapter 787

Time ticked by and it was now only three more minutes until the market opened and Sena went public. Jasper had been invited onto the temporarily built stage.

The stage was right under the largest main screen in Nasdaq Exchange Center, which was at the center of the room.

Under everyone’s attentive gaze, Jasper and Jack got on stage.

In the middle of the stage was a large bell.

Since Nasdaq Exchange’s founding, every business that went public would have its legal personality ring this bell.

It was a tradition as much as it was a symbol.

The electronic screen continued to display worlds of welcome like ‘Nasdaq welcomes Sena’ while hundreds of traders had already gotten into position. There were a few dozen reporters holding their cameras, waiting to take a picture of this historical moment.

Jasper accepted a wooden hammer from a manager in the exchange center and was just about to invite Jack to ring the bell with him when he saw the other shake his head with a smile.

“You should ring the bell yourself, Mr. Laine,” Jack spoke.

Although he was stunned, Jasper saw the shine in Jack’s eyes and did not insist. “Alright then.”

Everyone looked up and focused on the electronic screen that covered the entire wall. It displayed both Nasdaq’s and Sena’s logo, as well as an analog clock.

The second hand of the clock ticked continuously until it was almost racing to 9:30 a.m.

“5…

“4…

“3…

“2…

“1…”

Hundreds of people counted down at the same time in the exchange Center.

knocked the wooden hammer against the bell, signifying the opening

Ring!

sound of the bell rang throughout the

flashed maddeningly as they tried

Somerland had moved on from the bursting of the dot-com bubble

Its ticker—SENA!

the group got down from the stage after they rang the bell. They began to pay attention

sucked in a deep breath and felt a

attention to the pre-IPO on the first day of trading and the more shares bought pre-IPO make for

tended to buy shares of

25 US dollars with

by investors through

thing was that there was not a 10%

Sena was formidable enough, its prices could rise instantly to 200

would that

Impossibly hard.

market was no longer as crazy as it used

large exchange centers like Nasdaq, the Dow

were getting less enthusiastic and there was also less hot money in the markets compared to

were starting to be more rational and no longer rushed to one

Jasper’s calm facade was immense

the bustling exchange center, Jasper watched the

still thinking of ways to interview Sena’s senior executives, and traders

filled with the scent of money and

added to the pressure on

grow at least five times to exceed 120 US

Winston Benett would dare to make such a bet,

with the long face?” Celine interrupted Jasper’s deep

see Celine’s relaxed expression and laughed. “And here I am, worried about whether the share price will meet the requirements when you’re

it doesn’t hit the target we set? The point of Sena going public was to help contribute to your cash flow. From the hype we’ve garnered

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