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.

currently 9:30 a.m. in the United States, and Jasper knocked the

Ring!

deep and strong sound of the bell rang

cameras flashed maddeningly as

from Somerland had moved on from the bursting of the dot-com bubble and registered itself at Nasdaq Exchange

Its ticker—SENA!

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

little nerve-wracking.” A senior executive sucked in a deep

United States has different rules compared to the markets back home. New shares here normally pay more attention to the pre-IPO on the first day of trading and the more shares bought pre-IPO make for a higher share price.

United States, most investors tended to buy shares of

an issue price of 25 US dollars with 96 million US dollars worth

through pre-IPO, the higher

a 10% rise

was formidable enough, its prices could rise instantly to

would that

Impossibly hard.

as it used to be before the burst of

slowed, trade also decreased in large exchange centers like

that investors were getting less enthusiastic and there was also less hot money

more rational and no longer rushed

Jasper’s calm facade

the bustling exchange center, Jasper watched the

ways to interview Sena’s senior executives, and traders had

was filled with the scent

to the

US dollars had to grow at least five times to

even Winston Benett would dare to make

with the long face?” Celine

here I am, worried about whether the share price will meet the requirements when you’re acting like it has nothing to

point of Sena going public was

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