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

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