output_description: Print the area of this yard excluding the roads (in square yards).
  
  * * *
input_description: Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:
  
      
      
      A B
attempt: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  #############
  # Libraries #
  #############
  
  import sys
  
  input = sys.stdin.readline
  
  import math
  from collections import deque
  from fractions import gcd
  from functools import lru_cache
  
  
  #############
  # Constants #
  #############
  
  MOD = 10**9 + 7
  INF = float("inf")
  
  #############
  # Functions #
  #############
  
  
  ######INPUT######
  def inputI():
      return int(input().strip())
  
  
  def inputS():
      return input().strip()
  
  
  def inputIL():
      return list(map(int, input().split()))
  
  
  def inputSL():
      return list(map(str, input().split()))
  
  
  def inputILs(n):
      return list(int(input()) for _ in range(n))
  
  
  def inputSLs(n):
      return list(input().strip() for _ in range(n))
  
  
  def inputILL(n):
      return [list(map(int, input().split())) for _ in range(n)]
  
  
  def inputSLL(n):
      return [list(map(str, input().split())) for _ in range(n)]
  
  
  #####Inverse#####
  def inv(n):
      return pow(n, MOD - 2, MOD)
  
  
  ######Combination######
  kaijo_memo = []
  
  
  def kaijo(n):
      if len(kaijo_memo) > n:
          return kaijo_memo[n]
      if len(kaijo_memo) == 0:
          kaijo_memo.append(1)
      while len(kaijo_memo) <= n:
          kaijo_memo.append(kaijo_memo[-1] * len(kaijo_memo) % MOD)
      return kaijo_memo[n]
  
  
  gyaku_kaijo_memo = []
  
  
  def gyaku_kaijo(n):
      if len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) > n:
          return gyaku_kaijo_memo[n]
      if len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) == 0:
          gyaku_kaijo_memo.append(1)
      while len(gyaku_kaijo_memo) <= n:
          gyaku_kaijo_memo.append(
              gyaku_kaijo_memo[-1] * pow(len(gyaku_kaijo_memo), MOD - 2, MOD) % MOD
          )
      return gyaku_kaijo_memo[n]
  
  
  def nCr(n, r):
      if n == r:
          return 1
      if n < r or r < 0:
          return 0
      ret = 1
      ret = ret * kaijo(n) % MOD
      ret = ret * gyaku_kaijo(r) % MOD
      ret = ret * gyaku_kaijo(n - r) % MOD
      return ret
  
  
  ######Factorization######
  def factorization(n):
      arr = []
      temp = n
      for i in range(2, int(-(-(n**0.5) // 1)) + 1):
          if temp % i == 0:
              cnt = 0
              while temp % i == 0:
                  cnt += 1
                  temp //= i
              arr.append([i, cnt])
      if temp != 1:
          arr.append([temp, 1])
  
      if arr == []:
          arr.append([n, 1])
      return arr
  
  
  #####LCM#####
  def lcm(a, b):
      return a * b // gcd(a, b)
  
  
  #############
  # Main Code #
  #############
  
  A, B = inputIL()
  
  print((A - 1) * (B - 1))
  
problem_description: Statement
  
  There is a farm whose length and width are A yard and B yard, respectively. A
  farmer, John, made a vertical road and a horizontal road inside the farm from
  one border to another, as shown below: (The gray part represents the roads.)
  
  ![ ](https://img.atcoder.jp/ghi/27d063746b460f1132b6a99aa535a562.png)
  
  What is the area of this yard excluding the roads? Find it.
samples: [{"input": "2 2", "output": "1\n    \n\nIn this case, the area is 1 square yard.\n\n* * *"}, {"input": "5 7", "output": "24\n    \n\nIn this case, the area is 24 square yards."}]