using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Contest
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      ABC106.A();
    }
    class ABC106
    {
      public static void A()
      {
        var A = Read.Int();
        var B = Read.Int();
        Console.WriteLine((A - 1) * (B - 1));
      }
      public static void B()
      {
        var N = Read.Int();
        int count = 0;
        for(int i = 1; i <= N; i += 2)
        {
          if (Util.Divisor(i).Count == 8) { count++; }
        }
        Console.WriteLine(count);
      }
      public static void C()
      {
        var S = Read.Str();
        var K = Read.Long();
        int firstNon1 = 0;
        char non1 = '?';
        for(int i = 0; i < S.Length; ++i)
        {
          if (S[i] == '1') { firstNon1 = i + 1; } else { non1 = S[i]; break; }
        }
        Console.WriteLine(firstNon1 >= K ? '1' : non1);
      }
      public static void D()
      {
        var N = Read.Int();
        var M = Read.Int();
        var Q = Read.Int();
        var LR = Read.TupleInt(M);
        var PQ = Read.TupleInt(Q);
        var line = new int[N + 1, N + 1];
        foreach(var lr in LR)
        {
          line[lr.Item1, lr.Item2]++;
        }
        var count = new int[N + 1, N + 1];
        for(int i = 1; i <= N; ++i) { count[i, i] = line[i, i]; }
        for(int r = 1; r <= N; ++r)
        {
          for (int l = r - 1; l > 0; --l)
          {
            count[l, r] = line[l, r] + count[l + 1, r] + count[l, r - 1] - count[l + 1, r - 1];
          }
        }
        var sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
        foreach(var pq in PQ)
        {
          sb.AppendLine(count[pq.Item1, pq.Item2].ToString());
        }
        Console.Write(sb.ToString());
      }
    }
    class Util
    {
      public static HashSet<long> Divisor(long x)
      {
        var div = new HashSet<long>(); for (long p = 1; p * p <= x; ++p) { if (x % p == 0) { div.Add(p); } }
        foreach (var d in div.ToArray())
        {
          if (!div.Contains(x / d)) { div.Add(x / d); }
        }
        return div;
      }

    }

    static class Read
{
static Queue<string> queue = new Queue<string>();
static void Enqueue() { var ss = Console.ReadLine().Split(' '); foreach (var s in ss) { queue.Enqueue(s); } }
public static int Int() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return Convert.ToInt32(queue.Dequeue()); }
public static long Long() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return Convert.ToInt64(queue.Dequeue()); }
public static string Str() { if (queue.Count == 0) { Enqueue(); } return queue.Dequeue(); }
public static int[] IntN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToInt32(s)).ToArray(); }
public static long[] LongN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToInt64(s)).ToArray(); }
public static ulong[] ULongN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ').Select(s => Convert.ToUInt64(s)).ToArray(); }
public static string[] StrN() { return Console.ReadLine().Split(' '); }
public static Tuple<int, int>[] TupleInt(int n) { List<Tuple<int, int>> list = new List<Tuple<int, int>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.IntN(); list.Add(new Tuple<int, int>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
public static Tuple<long, long>[] TupleLong(int n) { List<Tuple<long, long>> list = new List<Tuple<long, long>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.LongN(); list.Add(new Tuple<long, long>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
public static Tuple<string, string>[] TupleStr(int n) { List<Tuple<string, string>> list = new List<Tuple<string, string>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.StrN(); list.Add(new Tuple<string, string>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
public static Tuple<double, double>[] TupleDouble(int n) { List<Tuple<double, double>> list = new List<Tuple<double, double>>(); for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { var ab = Read.LongN(); list.Add(new Tuple<double, double>(ab[0], ab[1])); } return list.ToArray(); }
public static long[,] LongMatrix(int r, int c) { var mat = new long[r, c]; for (int i = 0; i < r; ++i) { var x = Read.LongN(); for (int j = 0; j < c; ++j) { mat[i, j] = x[j]; } } return mat; }
public static Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> AdjacencyList(int N, int M, bool isDirectional = false)
{
Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>> dict = new Dictionary<int, HashSet<int>>();
for (int i = 0; i <= N; ++i) { dict.Add(i, new HashSet<int>()); }
        for (int i = 0; i < M; ++i) { var ab = Read.IntN(); if (!dict[ab[0]].Contains(ab[1])) { dict[ab[0]].Add(ab[1]); } if (!isDirectional && !dict[ab[1]].Contains(ab[0])) { dict[ab[1]].Add(ab[0]); } }
        return dict;
}
public static Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>> AdjacencyListWithWeight(int N, int M)
{
Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>> dict = new Dictionary<int, Dictionary<int, long>>(); for (int i = 0; i <= N; ++i) { dict.Add(i, new Dictionary<int, long>()); }
for (int i = 0; i < M; ++i) { var ab = Read.IntN(); dict[ab[0]].Add(ab[1], ab[2]); dict[ab[1]].Add(ab[0], ab[2]); }
return dict;
}
}
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 13396