#pragma region template
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define all(a) (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define rall(a) (a).rbegin(),(a).rend()
#define sz(a) (int)(a).size()
#define last(a) (a).at((int)(a).size()-1)
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0,i##_len=(n);i<i##_len;i++)
#define brep(i,a,b) for(int i=(a),i##_len=(b);i<=i##_len;i++)
#define rrep(i,n) int i=(n);int now=-1;while(i--&&(now++||1))
#define xrep(i,n) for(int i=1,i##_len=(n);i<=i##_len;i++)
#define Yes(n) cout<<((n)?YES:NO)<<'\n'
#define co(n) cout<<(n)<<'\n'
#define fo(n) printf("%.15lf\n",(n))
#define fout cout<<fixed<<setprecision(15)
#define Sort(v) sort(all(v))
#define rSort(v) sort(all(v),greater<typeof(v[0])>())
#define Rev(v) reverse(all(v))
#define Unique(v) (v).erase(unique(all(v)),(v).end())
#define eb emplace_back
#define fi first
#define se second

#ifdef ONLINE_JUDGE
#define here()
#define cprint(vec)
#define comment(msg)
#define observe(var)
#define local(x)
#define alter(x,y) y
#else
#define here() cerr<<__func__<<'/'<<__LINE__<<": passed\n"
#define cprint(vec) print_e(vec)
#define comment(msg) cerr<<"{ "<<msg<< " }\n"
#define observe(var) cerr<<"{ "<<#var<<" : "<<var<<" }\n"
#define local(x) x
#define alter(x,y) x
#endif

using namespace std;
using ll    = long long;
using ld    = long double;
using ull   = unsigned long long;
using vbl   = vector<bool>;
using dqbl  = deque<bool>;
using vint  = vector<int>;
using vll   = vector<long long>;
using vdbl  = vector<double>;
using vstr  = vector<string>;
using vvbl  = vector<vector<bool>>;
using vdqbl = vector<deque<bool>>;
using vvint = vector<vector<int>>;
using vvll  = vector<vector<long long>>;

constexpr int         INF   = 1e9;
constexpr long long   LINF  = 1e18;
constexpr double      EPS   = 1e-9;
constexpr long double LEPS  = 1e-18;

// --- functions which take 1 argument --- //
inline void ignore_ret(int x){x++;}
template<class T> inline int sgn(const T& x){return (x>0)-(x<0);}
template<class T> inline int digit(T x){int r=1;while((x/=10)>=1)r++;return r;}
template<class T> inline double deg_to_rad(const T& a){return a/180.0*M_PI;}
template<class T> inline double rad_to_deg(const T& a){return a/M_PI*180.0;}
template<class T> inline ll factorial(const T& n){if(n==0)return 1;ll r=1;brep(i,2,n)r*=i;return r;}
template<class T> inline map<T,T> factorize(T n){map<T,T>r;for(T i=2;i*i<=n;i++){while(n%i==0){r[i]++;n/=i;}}if(n!=1)r[n]=1;return r;}
template<class T> inline vector<T> divisor(const T& n){vector<T>r;for(T i=1;i*i<=n;i++){if(!(n%i)){r.eb(i);if(i*i!=n)r.eb(n/i);}}Sort(r);return r;}

// --- functions which take 2 arguments --- //
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a,const T& b){if(a<b){a=b;return 1;}return 0;}
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a,const T& b){if(a>b){a=b;return 1;}return 0;}
template<class T> inline T nPr(const T& n,const T& k){if(n<k||n<0||k<0)return 0;T r=1;brep(i,n-k+1,n)r*=i;return r;}
template<class T> inline T nCr(const T& n,const T& k){if(n<k||n<0||k<0)return 0;T r=1;k=min(k,n-k);brep(i,n-k+1,n)r*=i;return r/factorial(k);}

// --- functions which take vector(s) as argument(s) --- //
template<class T> inline void print(const vector<T>& v){cout<<"[ ";for(auto& x:v)cout<<x<<' ';cout<<"]\n";}
template<class T> inline void print(const vector<vector<T>>& v){for(auto& x:v)print<T>(x);}
template<class T> inline void print_d(const vector<T>& v,string d){rep(i,sz(v)-1)cout<<v[i]<<d;cout<<last(v)<<'\n';}
template<class T> inline void print_d(const vector<vector<T>>& v,string d){for(auto& x:v)print_d(x,d);}
template<class T> inline void print_e(const vector<T>& v){cerr<<"[ ";for(auto& x:v)cerr<<x<<' ';cerr<<"]\n";}
template<class T> inline void print_e(const vector<vector<T>>& v){for(auto& x:v)print_e<T>(x);}
template<class T> inline bool in(const T& k,const vector<T>& v){return find(all(v),k)!=v.end();}
                  inline bool in(const int& k,const vector<ll>& v){return find(all(v),k)!=v.end();}
                  inline bool in(const ll& k,const vector<int>& v){return find(all(v),k)!=v.end();}
                  inline bool in(const char& k,const string& v){return find(all(v),k)!=v.end();}
                  inline bool in(const char*& k,const vector<string>& v){return find(all(v),k)!=v.end();}
template<class T> inline T min(const vector<T>& v){return *min_element(all(v));}
template<class T> inline T max(const vector<T>& v){return *max_element(all(v));}
template<class T> inline T sum(const T& v){return reduce(all(v),(T)0);}
template<class T> inline T gcd(const vector<T>& v){T r=v[0];brep(i,1,sz(v)-1)r=gcd(r,v[i]);return r;}
template<class T> inline T lcm(const vector<T>& v){T r=v[0];brep(i,1,sz(v)-1)r=lcm(r,v[i]);return r;}
template<class T> inline double abs(const vector<T>& v){return sqrt(reduce(all(v),0.0,[](T s,T v){return s+=v*v;}));}
template<class T> inline T vector_add(const T& u,const T& v){T r(u.size());rep(i,u.size())r[i]=u[i]+v[i];return r;}
template<class T> inline T vector_subtract(const T& u,const T& v){T r(u.size());rep(i,u.size())r[i]=u[i]-v[i];return r;}
template<class T> inline T vector_multiply(const T& u,const T& v){T r(u.size());rep(i,u.size())r[i]=u[i]*v[i];return r;}
template<class S,class T> inline common_type<S,T> dot_product(const vector<S>& u,const vector<T>& v){T r=0;rep(i,u.size())r+=u[i]*v[i];return r;}
template<class S,class T> inline void sort_by_second(vector<pair<S,T>>& v){sort(all(v),[](auto& L,auto& R){return L.second<R.second;});}

// --- functions which take set/map as argument --- //
template<class T> inline bool in(const T& k,const set<T>& v){return find(all(v),k)!=v.end();}
template<class T> inline bool in(const T& k,const unordered_set<T>& v){return find(all(v),k)!=v.end();}
template<class T> inline T min(const set<T>& v){return *min_element(all(v));}
template<class T> inline T min(const unordered_set<T>& v){return *min_element(all(v));}
template<class T> inline T max(const set<T>& v){return *max_element(all(v));}
template<class T> inline T max(const unordered_set<T>& v){return *max_element(all(v));}
template<class T> inline T gcd(const set<T>& v){T r=0;for(T x:v)r=(r==0)?x:gcd(r,x);return r;}
template<class T> inline T gcd(const unordered_set<T>& v){T r=0;for(T x:v)r=(r==0)?x:gcd(r,x);return r;}
template<class T> inline T lcm(const set<T>& v){T r=0;for(T x:v)r=(r==0)?x:lcm(r,x);return r;}
template<class T> inline T lcm(const unordered_set<T>& v){T r=0;for(T x:v)r=(r==0)?x:lcm(r,x);return r;}
template<class T>         inline void print(const set<T>& v){cout<<"[ ";for(T& x:v)cout<<x<<' ';cout<<"]\n";}
template<class T>         inline void print(const unordered_set<T>& v){cout<<"[ ";for(T& x:v)cout<<x<<' ';cout<<"]\n";}
template<class S,class T> inline void print(const map<S,T>& m){cout<<"[ ";for(auto& x:m)cout<<"{ "<<x.fi<<", "<<x.se<<" } ";cout<<"]\n";}
template<class S,class T> inline void print(const unordered_map<S,T>& m){cout<<"[ ";for(auto& x:m)cout<<"{ "<<x.fi<<", "<<x.se<<" } ";cout<<"]\n";}
#pragma endregion template

void solve(ll N, ll M) {
  // naive
  // vdqbl cards(N, dqbl(M, 0));
  // vint dy {-1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1}, dx {1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1};
  // rep(i, N) {
  //   rep(j, M) {
  //     rep(idx, 9) {
  //       int x = j+dx[idx];
  //       int y = i+dy[idx];
  //       if (y >= 0 && x >= 0 && y < N && x < M) cards[y][x] ^= 1;
  //     }
  //   }
  // }

  // int ans = 0;

  // rep(i, N) {
  //   rep(j, M) {
  //     ans += cards[i][j];
  //   }
  // }

  // cout << ans << endl;

  if (N * M == 1) co(1);
  else if (N == 1) co(M-2);
  else if (M == 1) co(N-2);
  else co((N-2) * (M-2));
}

int main() {
  ll N;
  ignore_ret(scanf("%lld",&N));
  ll M;
  ignore_ret(scanf("%lld",&M));
  solve(N, M);
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256