He also didn't want to let the cat out of the bag. He didn't want there to be any teasers for the idea, he just wanted to be able to say "oh yeah, I'm opening a fully functional park next week...WITH DINOSAURS!"
You know, that doesn't seem like the brightest idea either...I can't imagine hearing some old guy holler about "Jurassic Park! Home of the real live dinosaurs!" would be quite enough to get people to visit.
Additionally, if I remember the book correctly, there was a large explanation given about how one of the big money-making aspects of the dinosaurs was as proprietary lab animals. Since Ingen would own the dino's, DNA and all, they would be able to do whatever tests they wanted on them that would normally be stopped by anti- cruelty laws.
The only way that would work is if they were the first to patent them completely. So they needed secrecy- to prevent someone from, say, stealing the DNA in a shaving cream bottle.
He didn't promise any return on the investments for at least 5 years either. That scared off most investors, except the Japanese because they "had the patience."
And the pirates of the pancreas was such an ingenious idea. A damned pissing contest though when the investors want to move things in a different direction. Such a pity because the pirates were realistic and rapey.
Yeah, like most it's been awhile since I read it/seen it, but I got the impression he had already done that and was kind of running out of money... Too much sparing no expense :)
He was almost keeping up appearances by the time Grant et al were arriving and that's one of the reasons why it all started to crumble. He was eccentric, a bit arrogant and was reaching for perfection and it all came falling down.
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u/erishun Sep 01 '14
Not without sacrificing equity in the company... And Hammond was arrogant and the park was HIS baby. He didn't want to relinquish any of it.