import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
class FastReader
{
BufferedReader br;
StringTokenizer st;

public FastReader()
{
	br = new BufferedReader(new
			 InputStreamReader(System.in));
}

String next()
{
	while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements())
	{
		try
		{
			st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
		}
		catch (IOException  e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	return st.nextToken();
}

int nextInt()
{
	return Integer.parseInt(next());
}

long nextLong()
{
	return Long.parseLong(next());
}

double nextDouble()
{
	return Double.parseDouble(next());
}

String nextLine()
{
	String str = "";
	try
	{
		str = br.readLine();
	}
	catch (IOException e)
	{
		e.printStackTrace();
	}
	return str;
}
}
class Solution 
{
	FastReader sc;
	long m,n;
	public Solution()
	{
		sc=new FastReader();
		n=sc.nextLong();
		m=sc.nextLong();
		System.out.println(m*n-1);
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		new Solution();
	}
}