Feedback of my interview with Publicis

So I met the managing director of Publicis to discuss the position of Account executive. The interview went well, the questions were interesting and out of the usual where do you see yourself in 5 years and how people see you? Etc. that recruiters always ask.
He was more interested about my critical thinking about advertising, what I like, what I could do, what are my views on things, ideas, ads, etc. Thanks god I read 2 books on advertising so I could talk about something and have an opinion about ads eventhough I'm completely new to that world.
He also explained me how his agency was working and the concept of Publicis of brand gardener. It was a bit like a crash course in advertising and I learned a lot in that interview.
He was meeting this Friday with the management team to discuss the role and would tell me on Monday the outcome. He told me there were only 2 candidates for this role so I had great chances to have it if that was my wish.
The only downside of the interview was about my financial pretention. He asked me what I was expecting for a salary and I told what I earned previously + the fact that I had invested in a mba so ideally I would like to be paid more. I saw his face turning pale so I added that I was aware of the salary range in advertising and that they were below what I could expect, however I would be open to lower proposition and be flexible about it as I didn't want the money aspect to be an issue in my application. I was there to learn and ready to make compromise if needed.