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Lets just say that Im under a little pressure here, and Id like you to look at this island for me. Give me your opinion. Ill be paying you the usual weekend consultant rate of twenty thousand a day. Thatd be sixty thousand for three days. And if you can spare Dr. Sattler, shell go at the same rate. We need a botanist. What do you sayEllie looked at Grant as he said, Well, Mr. Hammond, that much money would fully finance our expeditions for the next two summers.Good, good, Hammond said blandly. He seemed distracted now, his thoughts elsewhere. I want this to be easy. . . . Now, Im sending the corporate jet to pick you up at that private airfield cast of Choteau. You know the one I mean Its only about two hours drive from where you are. You be there at five p.m. tomorrow and Ill be waiting for you. Take you right down. Can you and Dr. Sattler make that planeI guess we can.Good. Pack lightly. You dont need passports. Im looking forward to it. See you tomorrow, Hammond said, and he hung up. Cowan, Swain and Ross Midday sun streamed into the San Francisco law offices of Cowan, Swain and Ross, giving the room a cheerfulness that Donald Gennaro did not feel. He listened on the phone and looked at his boss, Daniel Ross, cold as an undertaker in his dark pinstripe suit. I understand, John, Gennaro said. And Grant agreed to come Good, good . . . yes, that sounds fine to me. My congratulations, John. He hung up the phone and turned to Ross. We cant trust Hammond any more. Hes under too much pressure. The EPAs investigating him, hes behind schedule on his Costa Rican resort, and the investors are getting nervous. There have been too many rumors of problems down there. Too many workmen have died. And now this business about a living procompsitwhatever on the mainland . . . What does that mean Ross said. Maybe nothing, Gennaro said. But Hamachi is one of our principal investors. I got a report last week from Hamachis representative in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. According to the report, some new kind of lizard is biting ren on the coast.Ross blinked. New lizardYes, Gennaro said. We cant screw around with this. Weve got to inspect that island right away. Ive asked Hammond to arrange independent site inspections every week for the next three weeks.And what does Hammond sayHe insists nothing is wrong on the island. Claims he has all these security precautions.But you dont believe him, Ross said. No, Gennaro said. I dont.Donald Gennaro had come to Cowan, Swain from a background in investment banking. Cowan, Swains hightech clients frequently needed capitalization, and Gennaro helped them find the money. One of his first assignments, back in 1982, had been to accompany John Hammond while the old man, then nearly seventy, put together the funding to start the InGen corporation. They eventually raised almost a dollars, and Gcnnaro remembered it as a wild ride. Hammonds a dreamer, Gennaro said. A potentially dangerous dreamer, Ross said. We should never have gotten involved. What is our financial positionThe firm, Gennaro said, owns five percent.General or limitedGeneral.Ross shook his head. We should never have done that.It seemed wise at the time, Gennaro said. Hell, it was eight years ago. We took it in lieu of some fees. And, if you remember, Hammonds plan was extremely speculative. He was really pushing the envelope. Nobody really thought he could pull it off.But apparently he has, Ross said. In any case, I agree that an inspection is overdue. What about your site expertsIm starting with experts Hammond already hired as consultants, early in the project. Gennaro tossed a list onto Rosss desk. First group is a paleontologist, a paleobotanist, and a mathematician. They go down this weekend. Ill go with them.Will they tell you the truth Ross said. I think so. None of them had much to do with the island, and one of themthe mathematician, Ian Malcolmwas openly hostile to the project from the start. Insisted it would never work, could never work.And who elseJust a technical person: the computer system analyst. Review the parks computers and fix some bugs. He should be there by Friday morning.Fine, Ross said. Youre making the arrangementsHammond asked to place the calls himself. I think he wants to pretend that hes not in trouble, that its just a social invitation. Shog off his island.All right, Ross said. But just make sure it happens. Stay on top of it.

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