#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 long int n,m;
    cin>>n>>m;
    
    if(n==1)
        cout<<m-1;
    else if(m==1)
        cout<<n-1;
        else if(n==0||m==0)
        cout<<"0";
        else
    cout<<(n-1)+n*(m-1);
    return 0;
}