His salary is paid by white finance bros. His interests lie in exploiting the Chinese people and the infrastructure, environment and institutions that Chinese people have built. In fact he is even worse than the white finance bros. For them, exploiting China is just business. When they can't do it anymore, they talk some shit then leave. For him, getting a pay cut is like losing his parents, it is a personal affront. His parents aren't the ones paying him 500k RMB per year.
Note that the pay cap is at 3 million yuan per year, which is around 425K USD at current exchange rates.