import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.util.regex.*;

public class Solution {

     public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        long n = in.nextLong();
        long m = in.nextLong();
        if(n>1)
             System.out.println(n-1 + n*(m-1));
        else
             System.out.println(m-1);
    }
}