Who pays the piper calls the tune/he who'll pay has the say
In the question: The owner of wealth. The owner of financial resources.
("Why is the owner of the hundred appointed? If to provide that the wealthy will bring him to the owner of the hundred" - Responsa of the Geonim HaChadashot, by Emanuel (Ofeq), Section Flour; and also: "In the case of the wages received from the host and not from the rabbinate, there is a concern that ultimately 'the owner of the hundred is the owner of the knowledge' and so on" - Responsa Yehal Yisrael, Section 38.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בַּעַל הַמֵּאָה
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: בַּעַל הַמָּמוֹן. בַּעַל יְכוֹלוֹת כַּסְפִּיּוֹת.
("בַּעַל הַמֵּאָה לָמָּה הוּא מֻעֲמָד, אִם לְסַפֵּק שֶׁיִּפֹּל לְבַעֲלֵי הָעֲשָׂרוֹת יָבִיאוּ אוֹתוֹ לְבַעַל הַמֵּאָה"- תְּשׁוּבוֹת הַגְּאוֹנִים הַחֲדָשׁוֹת- עִמָּנוּאֵל (אֹפֶק) סִימַן קֶמַח, וְכֵן:"בְּעָיַת הַשָּׂכָר שֶׁמְּקַבֵּל הַמַּשְׁגִּיחַ יְשִׁירוֹת מִבַּעַל הַמָּקוֹם וְלֹא מִן הָרַבָּנוּת וְקַיָּם חֲשָׁשׁ שֶׁבְּסוֹפוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר "בַּעַל הַמֵּאָה הוּא בַּעַל הַדֵּעָה" וְעוֹד כָּהֵנָּה וְכָהֵנָּה"- שׁוּ"ת יָחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל סִימָן לַח)