#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <list>
#include <cmath>
#include <ctime>
#include <deque>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <string>
#include <bitset>
#include <cstdio>
#include <limits>
#include <vector>
#include <climits>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
#include <numeric>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <unordered_map>

using namespace std;


int main() {

    /* Enter your code here. Read input from STDIN. Print output to STDOUT */    
    long long n,m;
    cin>>n>>m;cout<<(n*m)-1;
    return 0;
}