using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using static System.Math;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            A();
        }

        static void A()
        {
            var HW = ReadSplitInt();
            var hw = ReadSplitInt();
            var H = HW[0];
            var W = HW[1];
            var h = hw[0];
            var w = hw[1];

            var masu = new int[H, W];
            for (int i = 0; i < h; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < W; j++)
                {
                    masu[i, j] = 1;
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < H; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < w; j++)
                {
                    masu[i, j] = 1;
                }
            }

            var ans = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < H; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < W; j++)
                {
                    if (masu[i, j] == 0) ans++;
                }
            }
            Println(ans);
        }

        static List<int> ReadLines(int n)
        {
            var l = new List<int>();
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            {
                l.Add(ReadInt());
            }
            return l;
        }

        static IEnumerable<int> Range(int start, int stop)
        {
            if (start < 0 || stop < 0 || start > stop || (start <= 0 && stop <= 0))
                return new List<int>();

            return Enumerable.Range(start, stop - start);
        }

        static bool IsDigit(string str)
        {
            var i = 0;
            return int.TryParse(str, out i);
        }

        static int SumDigits(long num)
        {
            return num.ToString().Select(x => x.ToString()).Sum(int.Parse);
        }

        static int[] ToIntArray(string str)
        {
            return str.Select(x => x.ToString()).Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
        }

        static int Gcd(int a, int b) => b == 0 ? a : Gcd(b, a % b);

        static bool IsPrime(int x)
        {
            if (x <= 1 || (x != 2 && x % 2 == 0)) return false;
            if (x == 2) return true;

            for (int i = 3; i < x; i += 2)
                if (x % i == 0) return false;

            return true;
        }

        static string Read() => Console.ReadLine();
        static int ReadInt() => int.Parse(Read());
        static long ReadLong() => long.Parse(Read());

        static List<string> ReadSplit() => Read().Split().ToList();
        static List<int> ReadSplitInt() => Read().Split().Select(int.Parse).ToList();
        static List<long> ReadSplitLong() => Read().Split().Select(long.Parse).ToList();

        static void Print(object value) => Console.Write(value.ToString());
        static void Println(object value) => Console.WriteLine(value.ToString());

        static string Join<T>(IEnumerable<T> list) => string.Join("", list);
    }

    public static class MyExtensions
    {
        public static string Slice(this string str, int start = 0, int stop = 0)
        {
            if (start > str.Length || stop > str.Length || start < 0 || stop < 0)
                return "";

            if (stop == 0) stop = str.Length;
            return str.Substring(start, stop - start);
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 11220