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If the chinese government feels its critical to china's success then it will be backed like alibaba and wechat and others were
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Jackie Ma of Alibaba was basically exiled for some time because he got cocky (and too powerful/rich?).

While hyping upcoming products from his conglomerate, he talked shit about the government (regulatory authority, more specifically), and he got hit.

Technically he wasn’t exiled, but “invited” to a communist party relaxation center for discussions.

Which is an objectively a good thing.

the company, sure. The stock or people who own in, less clear.



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