#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define    FOR(i,a,n)       for(register int i=a,_=n;i<=_;++i)
#define    FIR(i,n,a)       for(register int i=n,_=a;i>=_;--i)
#define    VOR(i,a)         for(register int i=0,n=a.size();i<n;++i)
#define    VIR(i,a)         for(register int i=a.size()-1;i>=0;--i)
#define    SOR(i,a)         for(register auto i=a.begin();i!=a.end();++i)
#define    all(a)           (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define    vlb(a,n)         a[(lower_bound(all(a),n)-(a).begin())]
#define    vub(a,n)         a[(upper_bound(all(a),n)-(a).begin())]
#define    mem(a,b)         memset(a,b,sizeof(a))
#define    pw(x)            (1ll<<(x))
#define    INT              (1ll<<32)
#define    lowbit(x)        ((x)&(-x))
#pragma    comment(linker, "/STACK:1024000000,1024000000")
#define    lch              p<<1,l,mid
#define    rch              p<<1|1,mid+1,r
#define    ll               p<<1
#define    rr               p<<1|1
#define    queues           priority_queue
#define    pb               push_back
#define    mp               make_pair
#define    lb               lower_bound
#define    ub               upper_bound
#define    ff               first
#define    ss               second
//__attribute__((optimize("-O3")))
typedef    long long        LL;
typedef    pair<int,int>    PII;
typedef    vector<int>      VI;
typedef    vector<PII>      VPII;
const int       dx[]= { 0, 1, 0,-1, 0, 1,-1, 1,-1};
const int       dy[]= {-1, 0, 1, 0,-1, 1,-1,-1, 1};
const LL        LINF=0xfcfcfcfcfcfcfcfll;
const double    pi=acos(-1.0);
const double    ee=2.718281828459;
const double    eps=0.00000001;
const int       INF=0x3f3f3f3f;
const int       MOD=1000000007;
inline LL pmod(LL x,LL n,LL mod=MOD,LL res=1) { for(; n; x=x*x%mod,n>>=1)if(n&1)res=res*x%mod; return res; }
inline int myrand(int mod) { return ((LL)rand()<<32^(LL)rand()<<16^rand())%mod; }
inline int rand(int a,int b) { return a+myrand(b-a+1); }
inline bool cmp(int i,int j) { return i>j; }
template<class T>inline T max(T a,T b,T c) { return max(a,max(b,c)); }
template<class T>inline T min(T a,T b,T c) { return min(a,min(b,c)); }
template<class T>inline T max(T a,T b,T c,T d) { return max(a,max(b,c,d)); }
template<class T>inline T min(T a,T b,T c,T d) { return min(a,min(b,c,d)); }
inline int mul10(int n) { return (n<<3)+(n<<1); }
inline LL mul10(LL n) { return (n<<3)+(n<<1); }
inline int div10(int n,int q=0) { q=(n>>1)+(n>>2),q+=(q>>4),q+=(q>>8),q+=(q>>16),q>>=3; return q+(n-mul10(q)>9); }
inline LL div10(LL n,LL q=0) { q=(n>>1)+(n>>2),q+=(q>>4),q+=(q>>8),q+=(q>>16),q+=(q>>32),q>>=3; return q+(n-mul10(q)>9); }
static char bfi[1000000],*ci=bfi-1,*cl=bfi-1,chr,bfo[1000000],*co=bfo-1;
inline bool dig() { return (chr>='0'&&chr<='9')?true:false; }
inline char gtc() { return ci==cl&&(cl=(ci=bfi-1)+fread(bfi,1,1000000,stdin),ci==cl)?EOF:*++ci; }
inline void readbit(double &ret,double bit=0.1) { if(chr=gtc(),dig())ret+=(chr-'0')*bit,readbit(ret,bit*0.1); }
inline LL input() { LL sum=0; bool flag=0; while(chr=gtc(),!(dig()||(chr=='-'?(chr=gtc(),flag=1):0))) if(chr==-1) return 0; while(dig())sum=mul10(sum)+chr-'0',chr=gtc(); return flag?-sum:sum; }
inline bool _read(int &res,bool flag=0,int sum=0) { while(chr=gtc(),!(dig()||(chr=='-'?(chr=gtc(),flag=1):0))) if(chr==-1) return 0; while(dig())sum=mul10(sum)+chr-'0',chr=gtc(); return (res=flag?-sum:sum,1); }
inline bool _read(LL &res,bool flag=0,LL sum=0) { while(chr=gtc(),!(dig()||(chr=='-'?(chr=gtc(),flag=1):0))) if(chr==-1) return 0; while(dig())sum=mul10(sum)+chr-'0',chr=gtc(); return (res=flag?-sum:sum,1); }
inline bool _read(double &ret,bool flag=0,LL sum=0) { while(chr=gtc(),!(dig()||(chr=='-'?(chr=gtc(),flag=1):0))) if(chr==-1) return 0; while((dig()))sum=mul10(sum)+chr-'0',chr=gtc(); if(ret=sum,chr=='.')readbit(ret); return (ret=flag?-ret:ret,1); }
inline bool _read(char &ch) { while(chr=gtc(),chr==' '||chr=='\n'||chr==-1) if(chr==-1) return 0; return (ch=chr,1); }
inline bool _read(char *p) { while(chr=gtc(),chr==' '||chr=='\n'||chr==-1) if(chr==-1) return 0; while(chr!='\n'&&chr!=EOF)*p++=chr,chr=gtc(); return !(*p=0); }
inline void _write() { fwrite(bfo,1,co-bfo+1,stdout),co=bfo-1; }
inline void ptc(char ch) { if(*++co=ch,co==bfo+999999)_write(); }
inline void _out(int x) { if(x<0)ptc('-'),x=-x; if(x>9)_out(div10(x)); ptc(x%10+'0'); }
inline void _out(LL x) { if(x<0)ptc('-'),x=-x; if(x>9)_out(div10(x)); ptc(x%10+'0'); }
inline void _out(double x,int n=6) { if(x<0)ptc('-'),x=-x; _out((LL)x),x-=(LL)x,ptc('.'); while(n--)x*=10; _out(LL(x+0.5)); }
inline void _out(const char ch) { ptc(ch); }
inline void _out(const char *p) { while(*p)ptc(*p++); }
inline void _debug(int x) { printf("%d",x); }
inline void _debug(LL x) { printf("%lld",x); }
inline void _debug(double x) { printf("%.6f",x); }
inline void _debug(const char ch) { printf("%c",ch); }
inline void _debug(const char *p) { printf("%s",p); }
inline void _debug_() {}
template<class T>inline bool read(T &head) { return _read(head); }
template<class T>inline bool read(T *head) { return _read(head); }
template<class T,class ...U>inline bool read(T &head,U &...tail) { return _read(head),read(tail...); }
template<class T,class ...U>inline bool read(T *head,U &...tail) { return _read(head),read(tail...); }
template<class T,class ...U>inline bool read(T &head,U *...tail) { return _read(head),read(tail...); }
template<class T,class ...U>inline bool read(T *head,U *...tail) { return _read(head),read(tail...); }
template<class T,class ...U>inline void _out_(T head,U ...tail) { _out(' '),_out(head),_out_(tail...); }
template<class T,class ...U>inline void out(T head,U ...tail) { _out(head),_out_(tail...),_out('\n'); }
template<class T,class ...U>inline void _debug_(T head,U ...tail) { _debug(' '),_debug(head),_debug_(tail...); }
template<class T,class ...U>inline void debug(T head,U ...tail) { _debug("#####|"),_debug(head),_debug_(tail...),_debug('\n'); }
/**_________________________head.end__________________________**/

const int N=1000005;


/**_______________________main().begin________________________**/
int main() {
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(NULL),cout.tie(NULL);
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
//    freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);
//    freopen("out.txt","w",stdout);
#endif   ///main code begin......
    LL n,m,ans=0;
    cin>>n>>m;
    if(n==1&&m==1)
        cout<<1<<endl;
    else if(n==1||m==1)
        cout<<n*m-2<<endl;
    else cout<<(n-2)*(m-2)<<endl;
#ifndef out__   ///code end......
    _write();
#endif
    return 0;
}
/**________________________main().end_________________________**/

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Measured memory_bytes: 256