# coding: utf-8
import re
import math
from collections import defaultdict
from collections import deque
from fractions import Fraction
import itertools
from copy import deepcopy
import random
import time
import os
import queue
import sys
import datetime
from functools import lru_cache
#@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
readline=sys.stdin.readline
sys.setrecursionlimit(2000000)
#import numpy as np
alphabet="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
mod=int(10**9+7)
inf=int(10**20)
def yn(b):
    if b:
        print("yes")
    else:
        print("no")
def Yn(b):
    if b:
        print("Yes")
    else:
        print("No")
def YN(b):
    if b:
        print("YES")
    else:
        print("NO")
class union_find():
    def __init__(self,n):
        self.n=n
        self.P=[a for a in range(n)]
        self.rank=[0]*n
 
    def find(self,x):
        if(x!=self.P[x]):self.P[x]=self.find(self.P[x])
        return self.P[x]
 
    def same(self,x,y):
        return self.find(x)==self.find(y)
 
    def link(self,x,y):
        if self.rank[x]<self.rank[y]:
            self.P[x]=y
        elif self.rank[y]<self.rank[x]:
            self.P[y]=x
        else:
            self.P[x]=y
            self.rank[y]+=1
 
    def unite(self,x,y):
        self.link(self.find(x),self.find(y))
 
    def size(self):
        S=set()
        for a in range(self.n):
            S.add(self.find(a))
        return len(S)
def is_pow(a,b):#aはbの累乗数か
    now=b
    while now<a:
        now*=b
    if now==a:return True
    else:return False
def getbin(num,size):
    A=[0]*size
    for a in range(size):
        if (num>>(size-a-1))&1==1:
            A[a]=1
        else:
            A[a]=0
    return A
def get_facs(n,mod_=0):
    A=[1]*(n+1)
    for a in range(2,len(A)):
        A[a]=A[a-1]*a
        if(mod_>0):A[a]%=mod_
    return A
def comb(n,r,mod,fac):
    if(n-r<0):return 0
    return (fac[n]*pow(fac[n-r],mod-2,mod)*pow(fac[r],mod-2,mod))%mod
def next_comb(num,size):
    x=num&(-num)
    y=num+x
    z=num&(~y)
    z//=x
    z=z>>1
    num=(y|z)
    if(num>=(1<<size)):return False
    else:return num
def get_primes(n,type="int"):
    if n==0:
        if type=="int":return []
        else:return [False]
    A=[True]*(n+1)
    A[0]=False
    A[1]=False
    for a in range(2,n+1):
        if A[a]:
            for b in range(a*2,n+1,a):
                A[b]=False
    if(type=="bool"):return A
    B=[]
    for a in range(n+1):
        if(A[a]):B.append(a)
    return B
def is_prime(num):
    if(num<=1):return False
    i=2
    while i*i<=num:
       if(num%i==0):return False
       i+=1
    return True
def ifelse(a,b,c):
    if a:return b
    else:return  c
def join(A,c=""):
    n=len(A)
    A=list(map(str,A))
    s=""
    for a in range(n):
        s+=A[a]
        if(a<n-1):s+=c
    return s
def factorize(n,type_="dict"):
    b = 2
    list_ = []
    while b * b <= n:
        while n % b == 0:
            n //= b
            list_.append(b)
        b+=1
    if n > 1:list_.append(n)
    if type_=="dict":
        dic={}
        for a in list_:
            if a in dic:
                dic[a]+=1
            else:
                dic[a]=1
        return dic
    elif type_=="list":
        return list_
    else:
        return None
def pm(x):
    return x//abs(x)
def inputintlist():
    return list(map(int,input().split()))
######################################################################################################


H,W=map(int,input().split())


if H==1 and W==1:
    ans=1
elif H==1 or W==1:
    ans=max(H,W)-2
else:
    ans=(H-2)*(W-2)
print(ans)







Measured memory_bytes: 5724