#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {

    /* Enter your code here. Read input from STDIN. Print output to STDOUT */ 
    long int n,m;
    scanf("%ld %ld",&n,&m);
    printf("%ld",(n*m)-1);
    
    return 0;
}