She had considered sending someone to secretly learn from the restaurant across the street, to see how it managed to maintain such good business when her shop was struggling.
But after thinking about it, I felt that this behavior was a bit unethical, so I didn't try it in the end.
The person opposite them could offer the same dishes, but she couldn't do that.
When Lin Xi suddenly mentioned the restaurant across the street, the boss had a vague feeling, but he couldn't be sure.
So she asked Lin Xi another question.
"Ma'am, you asked about the restaurant across the street, could it be...?"
Could it be that their business is bad because of the restaurant across the street?
Actually, she had considered this possibility before.
However, firstly, the other party did not contact them, and secondly, she personally witnessed those diners walk to the door and then suddenly turn around and leave.
Unless the owner of the restaurant across the street has enough connections and ability to control the behavior of so many diners and prevent them from eating at her restaurant.
Otherwise, she really couldn't figure out how the other side of the street was affecting their store's business.
Seeing that the boss was still hesitating, Lin Xi pointed out the Bagua mirror hanging opposite.
"Look closely, there's a small convex Bagua mirror hanging on the signboard, pointing directly at your shop."
Upon hearing this, the boss's eyes widened, and he stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning.
What? ! !
There's a convex Bagua mirror hanging right across from their shop!
Two seconds later, she suddenly came to her senses and quickly looked in the direction Lin Xi was pointing.
Sure enough, she saw a small Bagua mirror on the signboard of the restaurant across the street!
After seeing this, the boss's eyes instantly turned red with anger!
Even though she knew nothing about feng shui and metaphysics, she knew that hanging a Bagua mirror facing someone else's front door was a bad thing.
At best, it might lead to a verbal argument; at worst, it could escalate into a physical altercation, potentially turning them into lifelong enemies!
Besides, we're all business people; who wouldn't understand the other party's good intentions?
This is going to completely shut their store down!
Thinking about all this, the boss immediately flew into a rage, his forehead throbbing with anger.
She remembered that this thing didn't exist before they opened the shop!
When she was choosing a location to open her shop, she made a point of observing the surrounding shops and environment.
Since they were both in the catering industry, she naturally paid more attention to the restaurant across the street.
So at that time, in addition to the restaurant's business model, food and service, she also studied the interior and exterior decorations.
She was absolutely certain that at that time, there was no convex Bagua mirror hanging behind the signboard of the restaurant across the street!
Therefore, the other party hung the mirror after their store opened.
The boss glared angrily at the restaurant across the street, gritting his teeth as he forced out a sentence.
"This is absolutely outrageous!"
This method is absolutely disgusting and despicable!
After she calmed down, she quickly forced herself to calm down.
After all, now is not a good time to curse or get angry; the most urgent task is to find a solution as soon as possible.
Otherwise, she would have no choice but to watch helplessly as the restaurant across the street continued to disgust them, and their business would continue to plummet.
Thinking of this, the boss suppressed his anger and hurriedly asked Lin Xi for advice on how to resolve the situation.
In fact, there are many ways to deal with a situation where the other side hangs a convex Bagua mirror in their direction, which can be roughly divided into two types: the more forceful and the gentler.
The simplest and most direct approach is for them to hang a convex Bagua mirror facing the other side, essentially giving them a taste of their own medicine.
However, this approach has serious drawbacks.
If both sides hang up a Bagua mirror facing each other, a magical duel will occur.
The owner of the restaurant across the street, realizing this, will surely ask the master behind him to continuously upgrade the spells.
Lin Xi was naturally not afraid of fighting with others.
However, their battle of wits will not only affect themselves, but also the surrounding atmosphere.
Although the battle takes place within their respective restaurants and hotels, the resulting aura can extend to nearby roads and streets, and if the scale of their battle is large, it can even affect areas further away.
Once the energy field undergoes a serious change, innocent civilians and buildings within that energy field will suffer.
Therefore, although this behavior is satisfying enough, Lin Xi does not advocate it and has no intention of doing so.
Besides this "fighting fire with fire" approach, another way to resolve this situation is to place an obstacle opposite the Bagua mirror, which is used to block the "evil energy" reflected from the mirror.
For example, placing green plants facing the Bagua mirror.
Green plants themselves have strong vitality and are full of life. When negative energy is reflected in them, they can use their own vitality to buffer and soften the negative energy.
Or simply erect another wall-like structure at the entrance of the store, or build a simple small building in the middle.
By using such walls or buildings to block the entrance of the restaurant, the "negative energy" reflected from the restaurant across the street will be directly blocked by the walls or buildings in front, and the restaurant will not be affected.
However, the owners' shop is right next to the street, so they certainly can't just build walls and buildings on the street; the municipal authorities definitely wouldn't allow it.
Therefore, if you want to use this method, you can settle for second best by replacing the curtains on the side of the shop facing the restaurant with dark curtains and making sure they are all drawn down to form a "wall" to block the "evil energy" reflected from the Bagua mirror opposite.
But after thinking about it, Lin Xi realized that this method was unlikely to work.
After all, one of the biggest highlights of this restaurant is its several huge, bright floor-to-ceiling windows facing the street.
Sitting at a table by the floor-to-ceiling window, you can look out at the street scene. For some diners who are usually busy with work, sitting down and watching people come and go outside the window is a rare moment of leisure.
And by drawing all the dark curtains down, all the lights in the store had to be turned on, but even with so many lights on, it wasn't as comfortable as natural light.
Therefore, if we use the "blocking method", a feasible approach is to place many green plants next to the floor-to-ceiling windows to buffer and soften the negative energy.
Besides this relatively peaceful approach, there is an even more self-serving method.
That is to absorb the "negative energy" reflected from the other side and then transform it into one's own "wealth".
For example, you could place a large fish tank or a large water feature at the entrance of the store.
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