- A helicopter lands, blowing dust all over the dig site.
- Grant goes to his trailer, where an old man opens a bottle of his champagne without permission.
- The old coot is John Hammond, the man funding the dig.
- Dr. Sattler storms in, and Grant introduces her to Hammond.
- Hammond gets to the point: He owns an island near Costa Rica, which he uses for a "biological preserve."
- He's opening an attraction next year, if the lawyers allow it.
- Thing is, the investors want an outside opinion, like that of renowned archaeologist and paleobotanist Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler.
- Hammond invites them for the weekend, offering to fully fund their dig for three more years.
- They're in.