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.

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

Ring!

strong sound of the

cheers, the reporters’ cameras flashed maddeningly as

shares for the first internet enterprise from Somerland had moved on from the bursting of the dot-com

Its ticker—SENA!

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

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

more attention to the pre-IPO on the first day of trading and the more

United States, most investors tended to buy shares of new businesses through

example, started with an issue price of 25 US dollars

through pre-IPO, the higher the price would

10% rise limit when it came to buying shares through

enough, its prices could rise instantly

difficult would

Impossibly hard.

as crazy as it used to be before the burst

world’s economic development slowed, trade also decreased in 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

calm facade

Jasper watched the scene before him

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

filled with the scent of

which added to the

to grow at least five times to

Benett would dare to make such a bet, let alone

the long face?” Celine interrupted Jasper’s

laughed. “And here I am, worried about whether the share price will

shoulder and beamed at him. “Don’t worry about it. So what if 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 over the past few days, I’m pretty sure

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