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.

in the United States, and Jasper knocked the

Ring!

strong sound of the bell rang

maddeningly as they

moment, shares for the first internet enterprise from Somerland had moved on from the bursting of the dot-com bubble and registered itself

Its ticker—SENA!

the stage after they rang the

sucked in a deep breath and felt a

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

tended to buy shares of new businesses through

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

bought by investors through pre-IPO, the higher the

not a 10%

was formidable enough, its prices could rise instantly to 200

difficult would

Impossibly hard.

was no longer as crazy as it used to be before the burst of

slowed, trade also decreased in large exchange centers like Nasdaq, the Dow Jones

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

starting to be more rational and no

calm facade

bustling exchange center, Jasper watched the scene before

senior executives, and traders had already begun receiving phone calls while

with the scent of

added to the pressure on Jasper’s

had to grow at least five times to exceed 120

would dare to make such

face?” Celine interrupted Jasper’s

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

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

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