The rules of engagement have changed in China.
There was a time when loyalty to the party, and loyalty to President Xi Jinping, meant the government left you alone.
But there is now a crisis on, and even those who thought they might be safe from the president's ongoing crackdown on corruption need to watch their backs.
Someone has to take the fall for a crashing stock market, a slowing economy, and the 145 people killed as a result of an industrial accident in Tianjin earlier this month.
And it's not going to be President Xi Jinping.