#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;


int main() {
    /* Enter your code here. Read input from STDIN. Print output to STDOUT */   
    long long int n,m;
    cin>>n;
    cin>>m;
    
    if(m==1)
     cout<<n-1;
    else
      cout<<(m-1)+(n-1)*m;  
    return 0;
}