If I was working for Mr Gao I expect I'd view the most risk free way of ensuring a profit on his investment at this point would be to do absolutely nothing until the end of the season, then asset strip and sell. Even if the club are relegated, I'd be confident of making at least £50m from player sales, then even if the club was sold for less than he paid for it, overall he'd still be walking away with more money than he put in a few months ago. Even if he only made a personal profit of £1m I'd expect he'd be satisfied with that considering how little of his time the project had taken up.