We changed back to blue in January 2015 - nearly 7 years ago.
Tan was showing a lot of interest in the club a year later with a major fan reps meeting in Cardiff as the heat built up on Slade.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...-best-10879235
He was certainly interested (and present at a good few matches) in the promotion and Premier League seasons. He was interested enough to provide decent transfer and wage funds up until the summer of 2019 (change of strategy from January 2020 - but even then 4 big loan deals to add to Moore, Ng etc. in summer 2020). We keep on being told that he gets up in the middle of the night to watch all Cardiff matches, and given he is subsidising the club by a stupid amount why would anyone doubt that commitment to watching his investment?
I'm sure you are right that the ambition for this season is Championship survival - and bringing through and blooding a good number of u23s to reduce costs and increase squad value. Sensible change of strategy, made easier by a long anticipated arrival of our own 'golden generation'.
The question is more about what (if anything) the owner and board want to achieve after this season. Is there a plan? The academy is coming good and costs have been controlled to an extent, but that doesn't ad up to a plan. Waiting for 'a decent offer' isn't a plan either.