Since April 11, all 50 states of the United States and Washington, D.C., have entered a "state of major disaster", which is the first time in the history of the United States that the entire territory has entered a "state of major disaster".

On April 16, federal authorities published guidelines for "reopening", hoping to fully reopen the economy in three phases. The president of the authorities, XP, said that he wants to reopen the states by May 1, and some states that are not severely affected may do it earlier.

Time unconsciously passed in the isolation for more than half a month, the time has reached the end of April, Joseph after taking medicine treatment, actually recovered, the emergency doctor said that fortunately he is in good health, so there are no complications.

Of course, their timely treatment and care were also the main reason why Joseph successfully passed the ghost gate, and in order to reassure everyone, he also tested it with the test box that Lin Zitan sent him.

After recovering, Joseph still can't go out and has to continue to self-isolate, and during this time, Lin Zitan will still bring him some food every once in a while.

Because Joseph is really not good at cooking, Lin Zitan sent a lot of instant noodles, all kinds of flavors, and used video methods to teach him how to eat, after several experiments, Joseph actually knew how to add eggs to instant noodles!

Because Lin Zitan's instant noodles are not with the supermarket's warehouse, and they are independent storage locations, he can go to his warehouse at any time to pick them up during the epidemic, and he doesn't need to rush to buy food with the general public.

But vegetables can not be put for a long time, after more than a month of consumption, soon gone, the supermarket Xiao Zheng did not worry about going to see, in addition to frozen meat, vegetables and fruits are also most of the good, some meat has to be thrown away.

Watching the epidemic get worse day by day, on April 24, 2020, the number of confirmed cases in the entire country has reached 890,000, and the death toll has exceeded 50,000.

There are 145,000 confirmed cases and more than 16,000 deaths in New York City, and some even say that at least one-fifth of New York City is infected.

This epidemic has not only taken many innocent lives, but also caused many small businesses and low-income people to despair, which is why there are many places and many people who want to return to work.

But because New York State is the hardest hit area, the governor and the mayor of New York continue to demand that democracy keep their distance and wear masks to go out, which has also eased the epidemic in New York a little.

After a series of economic stimulus measures, U.S. stocks have begun to fall back again, and there has been a period of rise, professionals analyzed, this is because the impact of the epidemic is only temporary, is the so-called short-term pain.

However, due to the impact of the four circuit breakers in March, economists still advised investors to be cautious, after all, the circuit breaker meant that the market was worried about the economic prospects of the United States, and even the Fed's zero interest rate and quantitative easing policy could not alleviate the worries of the outside world.

On April 20, due to the impact of the epidemic, demand plummeted as many countries issued stay-at-home orders, and the crude oil market also collapsed.

Many people have compared the epidemic to the Fourth World War, and many people have an idea that the goal of this year is simple: not to make money, but to live!

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It is not easy for many restaurants or restaurants, especially those owned by Chinese, to be rent-free, but due to the impact of the epidemic, Lin Zitan's shops, unless the merchants are still open, can receive very little rent.

Low-rent housing and other rental apartments are even scarcer, and many people take a deposit to offset the rent, and drag it back month after month.

After nearly two months of isolation, Lin Zitan's current asset income has almost all stopped, but the bank loans have not decreased at all, and the nearly 200 million yuan he previously borrowed for the construction of low-rent housing and commercial buildings still has to be repaid.

In addition, all real estate loans and land taxes must also be paid on time, and the monthly income is reduced by no less than 5 million, but the monthly expenditure is also a very large number.

In particular, the employees of the two supermarkets are basically Chinese, and many people suggested to Xiao Zheng to open the doors early, firstly, because everyone had been isolated for too long and felt bored, and secondly, many people were financially stressed and urgently needed to go out to work to earn money.

In particular, on April 23, the Chinese American community suddenly reported that Brooklyn Eighth Avenue had opened, so the willingness of workers to go to work was unprecedentedly strong.

Lin Zitan learned that because of the recent continuous improvement of the epidemic data in New York, the Chinese community on Brooklyn Eighth Avenue has really regained its vitality.

Especially on the 57th to 58th streets, the core of the business district, the seafood and vegetable business is booming, and the crowds are surging, and on the 23rd, there are even too many vehicles parked in two rows, causing traffic congestion on the Eighth Avenue, which is in full swing as usual.

This has caused some concern to everyone, although earning money is important, life is more precious.

In order to protect employees, Lin Zitan first spent a lot of money to purchase a lot of epidemic prevention materials from China, and found someone to install special protective equipment at the cash register.

It was not until the end of May, when the epidemic situation in New York continued to improve, that one of the two supermarkets reopened, but the time was limited between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., and all shoppers had to adhere to precautions and social distancing.

By concentrating the manpower of two supermarkets into one supermarket, even if the price is raised as a whole, the profit can only barely support the income, that is, his supermarket is hardly profitable.

Two of his original four farms were maliciously vandalized by workers due to the pandemic, and many vegetables had to be wholesaled from other farms, which put down the supermarket's profits again.

If this continues, Lin Zitan's supermarket will be no different from being a charity.

But looking at the enthusiastic employees, he really couldn't make the decision to close the door, and finally had to slowly lay off employees or reduce salaries, but the difficulty is that there are many employees who would rather be paid cuts than take the initiative to leave.

With the growing deficit, Lin had to sell some of his stocks to pay for loans and land taxes.

At this time, the U.S. stock market experienced heavy losses and rises again and again, and then fell, and Lin Zitan finally had to sell all the 400,000 shares that had to die at a price of $145.13.

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Fortunately, during the quarantine period, whether it was Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin in China or Li Manrui's family here in the United States, everyone was healthy and healthy, thanks to Lin Zitan's protection in place.

Once there is contact with outsiders, John will return to his bachelor apartment to self-isolate, and then Xiao An and Kyle take turns to deliver supplies to each family.

After June, many shopping malls began to try to open, except for those luxury stores that continued to close, the stores that are generally needed for daily life have reopened one after another.

In order to make up for the losses during the epidemic, the prices of many restaurants and shops have been raised, and Lin Zitan's supermarket has also increased a lot, but the price is still the most affordable in the surrounding supermarkets year-on-year, so it quickly attracted back the customers lost during the previous price war.

After nearly three months of stagnation, the entire economy of the country has slowly begun to flow, but it is far from the level of making money, and most businesses are still struggling to maintain a balance of payments.

It was also under such circumstances that Lin Zitan unexpectedly took over a medium-sized restaurant in Midtown Manhattan under the name of the address company, and the owner of the restaurant made millions of dollars because of the non-stop takeout during the epidemic, but he himself suddenly felt physically exhausted in mid-June and almost died of a heart attack.

After recovering from his illness, the Chinese boss said, "You can't make enough money, but it's the most important thing to be alive!"

So he gave the entire store to Lin Zitan in addition to his own license.