#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#ifdef BUG
    #include "debug.hpp"
#else
    #define DEBUG(var)
#endif

using namespace std;
template< class T1, class T2 > inline istream &
operator>>( istream & fin, pair< T1, T2 > & pr )
{ fin >> pr.first >> pr.second; return fin; }
template< class T0, class T1, class T2 > inline istream &
operator>>( istream & fin, tuple< T0, T1, T2 > & t )
{ fin >> get<0>(t) >> get<1>(t) >> get<2>(t); return fin; }
template< class T > inline istream &
operator>>( istream & fin, vector< T > & a ) {
for(auto & u: a) fin >> u; return fin; }
template<class T, size_t n> inline istream &
operator>>( istream & fin, array<T, n> & a ) {
for(auto & u: a) fin >> u; return fin; }
template<class FwdIter> inline auto
dump(FwdIter first, FwdIter last, const char * dlm = " ") -> void {
typedef typename iterator_traits<FwdIter>::value_type value_type;
copy(first, last, ostream_iterator<value_type>(cout, dlm)); }
template<typename T> vector<T> & operator--(vector<T> & a)
{ for(auto & i: a) --i; return a; }
/* @@@ ----------------------------------- */

int64_t solve()
{
    int64_t a, b;
    cin >> a >> b;

    return a* b - 1;
}

int main(const int argc, char * argv [])
{
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
    cout << solve();

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}