#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 a,b;
    cin>>a>>b;
    cout<<(b-1)+(b*(a-1));
    return 0;
}