The two-time Bundesliga winner made the CSL switch back in 2013 - what were things like before the recent massive cash injection?
With the Chinese Super League on hiatus until Friday, Beijing Renhe's Zvjezdan Misimovic took time in the off-season to visit former club Wolfsburg.
The attacking midfielder won the Bundesliga in 2008-09 with Wolfsburg and racked up a massive 20 assists that season, earning himself a move to Dynamo Moscow before making the switch to Guizhou Renhe, now Beijing Renhe, in 2013.
And, with top players moving to the Asian country in force due to the level of wealth available to sign big names, German outlet Kicker was eager to hear Misimovic's take on the cultural shift as someone who moved before the boom.