Feng Guoting stands on the workbench to check out a coffee machine in one of Huangpu district’s many cafes on June 30. Feng buys and sells secondhand goods in Shanghai, and has been busy trading in kitchen appliance and other food service equipment after restaurants were forced to close in the wake of the city’s months-long lockdown. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Feng carefully wraps equipment in bubble wrap to prevent damage during transport. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Workers pull equipment out of a closed chain coffee shop. The shopfront was pasted with frosted paper to hide the interior from unwanted attention. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Feng checks out food service equipment waiting to be sold. Shanghai’s landmark Oriental Pearl TV Tower can been seen from the windows of his warehouse. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Warehouse worker Zha, a relative of Feng, repairs some used equipment. Some items must be washed and repaired before they can be resold. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Feng Jiafei, Feng’s eldest son, pulls a pallet jack that will be loaded with kitchen equipment. Feng’s three children joined his business after graduating from college. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Feng Jiashuai, Feng’s youngest son, and his wife takes care of their young child. With the money Feng Guoting earned from trading used kitchen equipment, he provided each of his three children with an apartment before they went to university. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

A team of workers move restaurant equipment weighing hundreds of kilograms down a stairwell on June 30. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Workers secure equipment to a truck bed. Feng also trades in tables and chairs. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Feng, his son and his daughter unload newly collected equipment. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Feng and his wife wheel an air compressor out for sale. Thanks to years-long experience in the second-hand goods trade in Shanghai, Feng has rich channels for securing items. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Zha, the warehouse worker, washes oil stains off a refrigerator using a caustic soda mix. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Located in Shanghai’s Qingpu district, the 1,800-square-meter warehouse is full of all kinds of second-hand food service equipment, including ovens, coffee machines, ice makers and dishwashers. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

A woman rides past a closed restaurant on Yandang Road in Huangpu district. In June, sources in the food service industry told Caixin that at least 30% of Shanghai’s restaurants would close because of financial problems. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

Catering equipment sits stacked outside at sunset. Feng told Caixin that many restaurants are still losing money even though they were again allowed to have customers dine in as of June 29. Feng expects to be increasingly busy for the next two to three months. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin