#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 int n=0;
    long int m=0;
    cin >> n;
    cin >> m;
    cout << (n*m)-1 << endl;
    return 0;
}